איוב 36
| ויסף אליהוא ויאמר | 1 |
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
| כתר-לי זעיר ואחוך כי עוד לאלוה מלים | 2 |
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to say on God’s behalf.
| אשא דעי למרחוק ולפעלי אתן-צדק | 3 |
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
| כי-אמנם לא-שקר מלי תמים דעות עמך | 4 |
For truly my words are not false: one that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
| הן-אל כביר ולא ימאס כביר כח לב | 5 |
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength of understanding.
| לא-יחיה רשע ומשפט עניים יתן | 6 |
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth to the afflicted [their] right.
| לא-יגרע מצדיק עיניו ואת-מלכים לכסא וישיבם לנצח ויגבהו | 7 |
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings upon the throne he setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
| ואם-אסורים בזקים ילכדון בחבלי-עני | 8 |
And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of affliction;
| ויגד להם פעלם ופשעיהם כי יתגברו | 9 |
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
| ויגל אזנם למוסר ויאמר כי-ישובון מאון | 10 |
He openeth also their ear to instruction, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
| אם-ישמעו ויעבדו יכלו ימיהם בטוב ושניהם בנעימים | 11 |
If they hearken and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
| ואם-לא ישמעו בשלח יעברו ויגועו בבלי-דעת | 12 |
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
| וחנפי-לב ישימו אף לא ישועו כי אסרם | 13 |
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: they cry not for help when he bindeth them.
| תמת בנער נפשם וחיתם בקדשים | 14 |
They die in youth, and their life [perisheth] among the unclean.
| יחלץ עני בעניו ויגל בלחץ אזנם | 15 |
He delivereth the afflicted by his affliction, and openeth their ear in oppression.
| ואף הסיתך מפי-צר-- רחב לא-מוצק תחתיה ונחת שלחנך מלא דשן | 16 |
Yea, he would have led thee away out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table should be full of fatness.
| ודין-רשע מלאת דין ומשפט יתמכו | 17 |
But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
| כי-חמה פן-יסיתך בספק ורב-כפר אל-יטך | 18 |
Because there is wrath, beware lest thou be led away by [thy] sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
| היערך שועך לא בצר וכל מאמצי-כח | 19 |
Will thy riches suffice, [that thou be] not in distress, or all the forces of [thy] strength?
| אל-תשאף הלילה-- לעלות עמים תחתם | 20 |
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
| השמר אל-תפן אל-און כי-על-זה בחרת מעני | 21 |
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
| הן-אל ישגיב בכחו מי כמהו מורה | 22 |
Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: who is a teacher like unto him?
| מי-פקד עליו דרכו ומי-אמר פעלת עולה | 23 |
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
| זכר כי-תשגיא פעלו-- אשר שררו אנשים | 24 |
Remember that thou magnify his work, whereof men have sung.
| כל-אדם חזו-בו אנוש יביט מרחוק | 25 |
All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off.
| הן-אל שגיא ולא נדע מספר שניו ולא-חקר | 26 |
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.
| כי יגרע נטפי-מים יזקו מטר לאדו | 27 |
For he draweth up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapour:
| אשר-יזלו שחקים ירעפו עלי אדם רב | 28 |
Which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.
| אף אם-יבין מפרשי-עב תשאות סכתו | 29 |
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
| הן-פרש עליו אורו ושרשי הים כסה | 30 |
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; and he covereth the bottom of the sea.
| כי-בם ידין עמים יתן-אכל למכביר | 31 |
For by these he judgeth the peoples; he giveth meat in abundance.
| על-כפים כסה-אור ויצו עליה במפגיע | 32 |
He covereth his hands with the lightning; and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
| יגיד עליו רעו מקנה אף על-עולה | 33 |
The noise thereof telleth concerning him, the cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.
